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One Act Plays


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The Little Mermaid

By Sandra Fenichel Asher.

Product Code: LE1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School | High School
Cast Size: 1m., 6w. (extras as desired.)

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Adapted from the story by Hans Christian Andersen, with the added character of Daphne, a powerful young hurricane who sees the loving Mermaid through her magical transformations from sea creature to earthbound human being and from human being to Daughter of the Air.

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Blackbirds and Dragons, Mermaids and Mice

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Thunder Mountain

By Sandra Fenichal Asher

Product Code: TG9000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Elementary School | Middle School
Cast Size: 2w., 3m. or w., extras as desired (see note).

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Approx. Run Time: 40 min.

A dragon has stolen the sun and left the valley below Thunder Mountain dark, cold and barren. Villagers argue and hoard what little food they have left, until two brave young people set out to climb the forbidding mountain and confront the dragon.

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A Game

By Dennis E. Noble.

Product Code: GB1000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 4m. or 4w.

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Approx. Run Time: 25 min.

Three people accept an invitation to take part in an experiment—a game in which a small room is divided into three equal areas—one for each person. At intervals they recite a slogan: "This is my land. It is mine. It is beautiful, and it is mine." As the game progresses, we see the drive that makes each human want to possess more than his neighbors—a drive that causes hatred ... and starts wars. This play, which can be staged simply or with multimedia effects, combines fantastical elements of the "theatre of the absurd" with realistic aspects of the traditional theatre to produce a play with a powerful impact.

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Everyman in the Circus of Life

Adapted by Travis Tyre.

Product Code: E56000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | College Theatre | Praise Group
Cast Size: 13 actors, may be played by 4 with doubling.

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Approx. Run Time: 45 min.

Everyman in the Circus of Life is a contemporary retelling of Everyman that combines the fun and skills of circus performance with the exploration of one of the great dramas of the medieval world. All the characters remain, but they have become figures in a circus: Death is the ringmaster; Worldly Possessions a juggler; Strength a weight lifter, for example. The script also includes the original Everyman to make it accessible to the modern reader, as well as rehearsal activities and games.

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S.P.A.R.

Product Code: SH5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: Middle School | High School | Touring Group
Cast Size: 4m., 3w., and anywhere from 3 to 100 either gender.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

Renata and Maria have questions about their future. Who doesn't? But when Renata convinces Maria to hold a séance, the girls get more than they bargained for. They conjure up a mysterious figure who answers their questions but also tells them how he knows the answers: they're fictional. Renata and Maria are characters in a play called S.P.A.R., written by the mysterious man. He proves he's their maker by predicting the future, twisting reality and finally showing them the audience. The play becomes a contest of wills between author and character.

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Gary Grinkle's Battles With Wrinkles and Other Troubles in Mudgeville

Product Code: G74000

One-act Play
Cast Size: may be performed with as many as 35 actors, 13 speaking roles, or as few as 3. Actors may be of any size, shape, color and gender.

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

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A Sick World

Product Code: SG9000

One-act Play
Cast Size: 2m.

Approx. Run Time: 20 min.

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In Flanders Fields

By Kimberly K. Zach. Based on the poem by John McCrae.

Product Code: IC5000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre
Cast Size: 10m., 10w., extras

Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A play based on John McCrae's poem about the American involvement in WWI and the effect on soldiers and their families.

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Take Two

By Jacqueline Lynch.

Product Code: TE2000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | Touring Group | Dinner Theatre
Cast Size: 1m., 1w. (cast count includes 1 either gender.)

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Approx. Run Time: 30 min.

A former child star who continues her successful career as an adult and a film critic discover how intimately they have come to know each other against the backdrop of a threat on her life.

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The End Of Summer

Product Code: E75000

One-act Play
Recommended For: High School | College Theatre | TYA | Touring Group
Cast Size: 3m., 3w.

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Approx. Run Time: 35 min.

A teenager has a party on the last day of summer, but an introduction to smoking and drinking turns into tragedy.

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